A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: Willow Living Snow Fence
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York
Summary:: Willow living snow fences effectively trap drifting and blowing snow. They reduce vehicular accidents and consumption of winter resources, beautify the countryside and increase biodiversity.
Website:: www.esf.edu/willow
Contact:: Mary Brophy
Environmental Specialist II
NYS DOT
607-721-8138
mbrophy@dot.state.ny.us

Project Name:: Franklin Parker Preserve Restoration
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New Jersey
Summary:: The Franklin Parker Preserve restoration project will transform 1100 acres of disturbed agricultural wetlands back to their natural wetland conditions.
Website:: www.njconservation.org
Contact:: Tim Morris
Assistant Director
New Jersey Conservation Foundation
908-234-1225 x 129
tim@njconservation.org

Southeastern

Project Name:: Jupiter Inlet Natural Area
Location:: Southeastern: Florida
Summary:: BLM works with federal, county, municipal, educational and non-profit groups to manage a key regional landmark in northern Palm Beach County.
Contact:: Richard Walesky
Director
Palm Beach County Environmental Resources Management
561-233-2400
rwalesky@co.palm-beach.fl.us

Project Name:: Mitchell River Coalition
Location:: Southeastern: North Carolina
Summary:: The Mitchell River Coalition came together to protect and improve the watershed and water quality of the Mitchell River.
Contact:: Dick Everhart
District Conservationist
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
(336) 386-8751x3
Richard.Everhart@nc.usda.gov

Project Name:: Mountain Island Lake water quality protection
Location:: Southeastern: North Carolina
Summary:: This collaborative effort among landowners, county government and Catawba Lands Conservancy conserved 500 acres to protect the source of drinking water for Charlotte and surrounding communities.
Website:: www.catawbalands.org
Contact:: Davis J. Cable
Executive Director
Catawba Lands Conservancy
(704) 342-3330
dave@catawbalands.org

Project Name:: Tara Wildlife
Location:: Southeastern: Mississippi
Summary:: Tara Wildlife, steward of 17,000 acres of Mississippi River bottomland hardwoods, shares its management philosophy of sustainable natural resources with the public.
Website:: www.tarawildlife.com
Contact:: Gilbert Rose
Executive Director
Purvis Grange Foundation, Inc. d/b/a Tara Wildlife. A 501(c)3 Organization
(601)279-4261
gilbert@tarawildlife.com

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: Detroit River Conservation Partnerships
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Michigan
Summary:: A community comes together to address heavily polluted river corridors, while restoring wildlife habitat and preserving recreational uses.
Contact:: John Hartig
Refuge Manager
Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge
734-692-7608
John_Hartig@fws.gov

Project Name:: Cuyahoga Valley Countryside Initiative
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Ohio
Summary:: Partnership is conserving living farms in harmony with National Park Service cultural and land stewardship values, and managing farms via private leases.
Website:: www.cvcountryside.org
Contact:: Darwin Kelsey
Executive Director
Cuyahoga Valley Countryside Conservancy
330-657-2532
dkelsey@cvcountryside.org

Project Name:: Flathead Forestry Project
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:: The project promotes community trust and collaborative processes, ensures forest and ecosystem health, and provides for a sustainable resource-based economy within the region.
Website:: www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org/stories/flatheadforest.html
Contact:: Carol Daly

Flathead Forestry Project
(406) 892-8155
cdaly1@centurytel.net

Project Name:: International Lake Level Management: Minnesota-Ontario Lakes region
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Minnesota
Summary:: An international research program documents ecological changes associated with the new hydrologic regime in Namakan Reservoir, Voyageurs National Park.
Contact:: Larry Kallemeyn
Research Scientist
U.S. Geological Survey
218-283-9821
larry_kallemeyn@usgs.gov

South-Central/South-West

Project Name:: Arkansas Conservation Partnership
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Arkansas
Summary:: The partnership is a unique force, combining the strengths of federal, state and local organizations along with educational institutions, to help preserve and protect The Natural State.
Website:: www.ar.nrcs.usda.gov/partnerships/
Contact:: Kalven L. Trice
State Conservationist
USDA/NRCS
(501) 301-3100
kalven.trice@ar.usda.gov

Project Name:: Envision Utah
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Utah
Summary:: Envision Utah, an unparalleled public-private partnership, educates citizens about urban growth and methods for maintaining quality of life and natural beauty.
Website:: www.envisionutah.org
Contact:: Alan Matheson
Executive Director
Coalition for Utah's Future
801-303-1452
amatheson@cuf-envision.org

Project Name:: American Fork Canyon Home Rivers Project
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Utah
Summary:: Trout Unlimited, a third party “Good Samaritan,” will restore abandoned mines on private property to improve trout habitat in American Fork Canyon.
Website:: www.tu.org
Contact:: Ted Fitzgerald
Project Manager, American Fork Creek
Trout Unlimited
801-465-9949
tfitzgerald@tu.org

Far West

Project Name:: Calapooia River, Improving Water Quality and Aquatic Habitat
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: Assessing riparian function and water quality in agricultural and forestry settings to promote natural resource management to improve water quality and aquatic habitat in the Calapooia River.
Contact:: Stephen Schoenholtz
Professor
Oregon State University
541.737.9112
Stephen.Schoenholtz@oregonstate.edu

Project Name:: Conserving the Truckee River Canyon
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: Mission is to implement local public-private collaborative solutions to protect and improve water quality and biological resources for the Truckee River watershed.
Contact:: Lisa Wallace
Executive Director
Truckee River Watershed Council
(530) 550-8760
lwallace@truckeeriverwc.org

Project Name:: Fish and Amphibian Use of Seasonal Aquatic Habitats in Grass Seed Producing Fields of the Willamette Basin
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: This is a study of fish and amphibian use of habitats in intermittent streams that drain agricultural lands in western Oregon.
Website:: oregoninvests.css.orst.edu/FMPro
Contact:: Guillermo Giannico
Assistant Professor
Oregon State University
541-737-2479
giannico@oregonstate.edu

Project Name:: Greater Yellowstone Coordination Sustainable Operations Subcommittee
Location:: Far West: Idaho, Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wyoming, Montana
Summary:: Sustainable operations subcommittee promotes energy efficiency and waste and emissions reductions in the Greater Yellowstone Area.
Website:: mpin.nbii.org/gycc
Contact:: Anna Jones-Crabtree
Chair of Subcommittee
Bighorn National Forest
307-674-2615
ajonescrabtree@fs.fed.us

Project Name:: California Resource Advisory Committees
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: Partnerships between communities and national forests, bringing together diverse interests to collaboratively work on watershed restoration, fuels reduction and road maintenance projects.
Contact:: Chris Nota
Regional Forester’s Representative
USDA Forest Service
916-498-5901
cnota@fs.fed.us

Project Name:: Gifford Pinchot Collaborative Working Group
Location:: Far West: Washington
Summary:: The group promotes policies and projects that create local jobs and benefit watershed health within the Cispus Adaptive Management Area and surrounding parts of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
Website:: www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org/stories/giffordpinchot.html
Contact:: Emily Platt
Executive Director
Gifford Pinchot Task Force
(360) 521-7973
Emily@gptaskforce.org

Project Name:: Salmon Creek Watershed Reforestation Project
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: Bodega Land Trust and Forests Unlimited planted 600 redwood seedling on a BLT easement that was clearcut around 1900.
Website:: bodeganet.com/landtrust
Contact:: Sandy Sharp
Treasurer
Bodega Land Rtust
707-876-3093
landtrust@bodeganet.com

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